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Hakea cygnus Lamont subsp. cygnus
Swan Fruit Hakea

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 25-80 mm long, 2.5-9 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire. Inflorescences axillary, cream; pedicels 3-5 mm long. Perianth 5-6 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 5-7 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 21-37 mm long, 15-20 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 12-20 mm long (including wing), 7-8 mm wide, the wing continuous. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Moora, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northampton, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn.